Architect, educator, and artist Victor Steinbrueck helped foster responsible civic development though his efforts in promoting revitalization programs for the city of Seattle. Along with many others, Steinbrueck's work to raise awareness of Seattle's historic and architectural significance resulted in the city's adoption of historic preservation ordinances, including the one that made Pioneer Square the city's first National Register district in 1970. These drawings were part of a study he conducted of that area in the late 1960s, early 1970s. The Seattle Hardware Co. Building (now Starbucks Corporate headquarters) was built in 1904 as a combination warehouse and office, and was designed by Albert Wickersham. The building is the first monumentally scaled office-warehouse to be constructed in the district during the early 1900s. Typical of all of these buildings, is the clear base, middle and strong cornice line, following the model established by the Chicago School of Architecture.